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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t move forward unless the company shows public proof that less than 5% of the accounts on the social media platform are fake or spam.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said Friday that he still expects the deal to sell the company to Elon Musk will close.

Elon Musk says the Twitter deal is on hold until he gets more information about fake accounts on the platform.

Elon Musk has put his plan to buy Twitter on temporary hold, raising fresh doubts about whether he’ll proceed with the $44 billion acquisition. In a tweet early Friday, the Tesla billionaire said he’s skeptical that the number of inauthentic accounts presented by Twitter is as low as the company suggests. The issue of fake accounts on Twitter is not...

In follow-up tweet around two hours later, he added that he was “still committed to the acquisition.”

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter.

Casual users will continue to be able to use the social media platform for free, the tech billionaire said.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was banned from Twitter for a second time after attempting to use a new account to access the social media platform.

Elon Musk sold roughly $8.4 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Perhaps no group of people is more alarmed about Elon Musk’s apparent plan to make Twitter a free speech free-for-all than those most likely to be targeted for harassment: women, racial minorities and other marginalized groups.

Brash, outspoken and sometimes juvenile, Elon Musk has long been a prolific user of Twitter, the social media platform he now hopes to buy

Twitter was flooded with user reports of high-profile accounts losing thousands of followers — and some gaining — in the hours after news broke that Tesla CEO Elon Musk would purchase the social network.

After Twitter agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk, co-founder Jack Dorsey posted a Spotify link to the Radiohead song “Everything In Its Right Place.”

Musk’s free speech advocacy seems to apply mostly to his own speech or that of his fans and promoters.

Twitter’s acceptance of Elon Musk’s roughly $44 billion takeover bid brings the billionaire Tesla CEO one step closer to owning the social media platform

White House officials and Democratic strategists privately worry about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, especially whether Trump will return to the platform.

The announcement on Monday comes weeks after Musk first disclosed a large stake in the company.

The announcement ends a weekslong saga Musk kicked off when he offered to buy the company at $54.20 per share, his “best and final.”

Musk has argued Twitter needs to be “transformed” into a private company so it can become a forum for free speech.

Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change.